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Meal families

Desserts

Chocolate pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

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Poultry

Chich taouk

Spit-roasted chicken kebab, marinated in garlic, lemon, and spices (including cinnamon and cumin), grilled over charcoal.
Served sliced thin in pita bread with Toum sauce (garlic, lemon juice, oil and salt).

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Cheeses

Fribourg

Switzerland. Fribourg.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.

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Beef

Rump steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

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Beef

Beef axoa

Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.

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Beef

Grilled Chateaubriand

Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.

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Sea fish

Salmon quenelles with a lemon sauce

Lemon sauce : butter, olive oil, lemon juice and white wine with parsley.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Whelk tartare

Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.

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Warm starters

Spiced pork nem

Spring roll : thin pancake made from wheat or rice flour, stuffed with pork, chicken, or seafood, along with mushrooms and/or various julienned vegetables, then fried in a wok or sometimes steamed.
Served hot.

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Pork

Cold pork roast with mayonnaise

Mayonnaise : emulsion of oil with egg yolk, mustard, pepper, and sometimes a dash of lemon juice or vinegar.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

White asparagus with vinaigrette and fresh cream sauce

Cream vinaigrette : fresh cream, vinegar, pepper.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Tomato

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Poultry

Chicken supreme with pineapple

Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.

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Cheeses

Camembert

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Desserts

Cassata

Italy. Sicily.
Sponge cake soaked with fruit juice or liqueur and filled with ricotta and chocolate or vanilla cream. Covered with green-colored almond paste icing and candied fruits.

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Desserts

Flan

Flan : eggs beaten into milk and flour, baked in the oven.

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